Social Media

Social Networking

I am currently on 5 social networking sites. While my favorite is Facebook because of its familiarity (I've been on it since the very beginning), I found the classroom application of Twitter (as highlighted in the story Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class - via Twitter) to be very interesting. In the past, I have done some internet marketing, and one of the tools that I used was a twitter monitoring suite that allowed me to accurately see current trends and predict where they would head.

Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds are digital constructs where people can come together, albeit represented as avatars. They have a host of practical uses including facilitating meetings (such as stated in Going to the Virtual Office in Second Life), teaching dangerous subjects such as welding safety, holding decentralized seminars, and many more. In a virtual world, I would probably simply be myself.

Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — via Twitter - See more at: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professor-encourages-students-to-pass-notes-during-class-via-twitter/4619#sthash.GVdtrOdT.dpuf

Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — via Twitter - See more at: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professor-encourages-students-to-pass-notes-during-class-via-twitter/4619#sthash.GVdtrOdT.dpuf